Headed by its new director Gena Teodosievska, the festival will feature its traditional Golden Camera 300 competition for best cinematographic work as well as the Documentary Programme, the Short Film Programme, Mak Point, the Junior Programme, the EFA Programme, the Student Programme and Film Classics.
This year the festival will introduce two new programmes – European Cinema Perspectives (consisting mainly of debut features by young authors from Southeast Europe) and Midnight Riders (dedicated to the horror genre).
The festival will also honour the English cinematographer Roger Deakins with the Golden Camera 300 Lifetime Achievement Award and the Italian Claudia Cardinale with Special Golden Camera 300 for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Art.
The veteran actress Milica Stojanova will receive The Big Star of Macedonian Cinema Award, presented by the AFPM/ Macedonian Film Professional Association.
The short film The Lover / Ljubovnikot by Macedonian director Igor Ivanov and Blade Runner 2049 in honour of the laureate Roger Deakins will open the festival.
LINEUP COMPETITION CAMERA 300:
Summer / Leto (Russia, France)
Directed by Kiril Serebrenikov
Cinematography by Vladislav Opeliants
Cold War (Poland, UK, France)
Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
Cinematography by Łukasz Żal
Produced by Opus Film, Apocalypso Film and MK Production
Coproduced by Arte France, Canal+ Polska, Kino Świat, EC1 Łódź - Miasto Kultury, the Mazovia Film Fund, the Silesia Film Fund and the Podkarpacie Film Fund
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, MK2 Films, Film4, the British Film Institute and Eurimages
Ash Is Purest White (China, France, Japan)
Directed by Jia Zhang-ke
Cinematography by Eric Gautier
Foxtrot (Israel, Switzerland, France, Germany)
Directed by Samuel Maoz
Cinematography by Giora Bejach
BlacKkKlansman (USA)
Directed by Spike Lee
Cinematography by Chayse Irvin
Burning (South Korea, Japan)
Directed by Lee Chang-Dong
Cinematography by Hong Kyong-pyo
The Real Estate (Sweden, UK)
Directed by Axel Petersén, Måns Månsson
Cinematography by Måns Månsson
Girl (Belgium, Netherlands)
Directed by Lukas Dhont
Cinematography by Frank van den Eeden
Transit (Germany)
Directed by Christian Petzold
Cinematography by Hans Fromm
Nico, 1988 (Italy, Belgium)
Directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli
Cinematography by Crystel Fournier
Ága (Bulgaria, Germany, France)
Directed by Milko Lazarov
Cinematography by Kaloyan Bozhilov
Produced by Red Carpet
Coproduced by 42Film, Arizona Films Productions, the Bulgarian National Television and ZDF/Arte
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the French CNC and German MDM
Winter Flies / Zimske muhe (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, France)
Directed by Olmo Omerzu
Cinematography by Lukáš Milota
Produced by endorfilm
Coproduced by Punkchart Films, Koskino, Cvinger Film, Czech Television and Rougue International
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Czech Film Centre, Slovak Film Institute, Slovenski filmski center and Javna agencija RS
EUROPEAN CINEMA PERSPECTIVES:
Eternal Winter (Hungary)
Directed by Attila Szász
Cinematography by András Nagy
Comic Sans (Croatia)
Directed by Nevio Marasović
Cinematography by Damir Kudin
Produced by Kinorama
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
My Short Words (Turkey)
Directed by Bekir Bulbul
Cinematography by Anıl Demir
Pin Cushion (UK)
Directed by Deborah Haywood
Cinematography by Nicola Daley
Charleston (Romania, France)
Directed by Andrei Crețulescu
Cinematography by Barbu Bălășoiu
Produced by ICON Production and Les Films du Tambour
Coproduced by Mille et Une Films and Wag Prod
Supported by the Romanian Film Center, The Group, Publicis Groupe, Region Bretagne, Rennes Metropole, in association with Kinosseur, Wearebasca, Digital Cube, and HBO Europe
Woman at War (Iceland, France, Ukraine)
Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson
Cinematography by Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson
The Marriage (Kosovo)
Directed by Blerta Zeqiri
Cinematography by Sevdije Kastrati
